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October 30, 2024
Big things are happening with Steampunk Spotter this fall! We’re excited to introduce version 5.0, bringing major updates designed to give you more control, …
March 6, 2023
So, you decided to write your first Ansible Playbook. Maybe not even your first, maybe you just want to know how to write secure and reliable ones. Splendid, …
January 31, 2023
In the past few months, AI systems have caused quite a stir on the web. We couldn't wait to get our hands dirty and try to write Ansible Playbooks even faster, …
January 26, 2023
Red Hat launched Ansible Automation Platform 2 (AAP2) in September 2021 and has since already updated to version 2.3. It brings many excellent features to …
January 24, 2023
Ansible Lint is a tool that checks your Ansible Playbooks for errors and provides recommendations for improvements. Steampunk Spotter is a tool that checks your …
January 17, 2023
If you're reading this, you know the feeling of putting off upgrading your Ansible Playbooks for as long as possible because you know it will take time, effort, …
November 10, 2022
Every good web service needs a good authentication layer. AWS uses IAM to manage users, one of which is your development user (you're not using the root …
November 9, 2022
Don't you wish you had a little helper by your side to spot elusive errors when writing Ansible Playbooks? Or anticipate potential problems playbooks might …
November 3, 2022
We're constantly improving Steampunk Spotter by adding new checks that enhance stability, reliability, and security of your Ansible Playbooks, and enriching the …
September 7, 2022
If you are reading this, you are no stranger to the Ansible update and upgrade process. The fact that Ansible is constantly being improved is great. And while …
August 30, 2022
There hasn’t been much buzz around our Ansible Playbook Quality Scanner lately. But with a good reason. Our team has been putting blood, sweat, and tears (of …
July 13, 2022
The point of automating IT tasks is to save time. But in reality, the process of successfully automating a task can actually take longer than the task itself if …
January 12, 2022
Ansible Collections gave us much more control over the content we use when building our Ansible Playbooks. But they also brought …
